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Tren de Aragua
October 15, 2025
Robert McCoy
DHS Quietly Edits Number of Gang Members Captured in Chicago Raid
Here’s how many Tren de Aragua members were really arrested in that horrific raid on a Chicago apartment building.
June 4, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
ICE Invaded Child’s Birthday Party Claiming It Was a Gang Meeting
Federal immigration agents bust up a birthday party on grounds that it was a Tren de Aragua gathering. They still have no evidence for their claims.
May 6, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump’s Own Intel Agencies Destroy His Main Defense on Deportations
A newly declassified memo destroys Trump’s justification for using a wartime powers law to round up Venezuelan immigrants and deport them to El Salvador.
May 2, 2025
Edith Olmsted
CNN’s Resident Trump Defender Doesn’t Know How the Constitution Works
Scott Jennings apparently doesn't know that Congress, not the president, is responsible for declaring war.
May 1, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
One of Trump’s Key Moves Was Just Struck Down—by a Judge He Appointed
Donald Trump is dealt another massive blow to his immigration agenda.
April 25, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump DOJ Ordered ICE to Invade Homes Without Search Warrant
The Justice Department quietly authorized immigration agents to seize power in arresting people under the Alien Enemies Act—no warrant required.
April 8, 2025
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Rewards Trump’s Defiance
By blessing the president’s rampant abuse of the rule of law, the high court has guaranteed that we’ll be seeing more of it.
April 1, 2025
Edith Olmsted
ICE Logic for Deporting “Gang Members” Is Based on Total Lie
Donald Trump has insisted that certain tattoos signify gang membership.
April 1, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Team Makes Stunning Admission About Deportations—and It’s Awful
One man was deported to El Salvador in “error.”
March 31, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Did Trump Just Break the Law on Deportations?
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced another mass deportation to El Salvador.
March 31, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Stunning ICE List Reveals Flimsy Way People Are Labeled Gang Members
Here’s the cruel way people are being deported from Trump’s America.
March 26, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Own Intel Official Just Blew up His Mass Deportation Excuse
CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s words may come back to bite Donald Trump in his immigration lawsuits.
March 24, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Judge Rejects Trump’s Deportation Plan, Warns It’s Doomed to Fail
Judge James Boasberg refused to lift his block on Donald Trump’s efforts to use the Alien Enemies Act.
March 19, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Press Sec. Dodges Key Question on Identifying “Gang Members”
Karoline Leavitt fumbled when asked why deportee names haven’t been released.
March 17, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Gives Wild Reason for Using Japanese Internment Law
Donald Trump is invoking wartime powers to carry out his mass deportations—despite court orders otherwise.
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